new details are revealed in court about the teenager charged with killing his baby sister. and we'll have a report about mills onwho may have errors on their credit reports. the pope says he's no longer strong enough to lead his flock. the decision to step down rather than die in office runs counter to centuries of practice in a church that is steeped in tradition. the unorthodox nature of his decision comes as a surprise to many followers. steve handelsman joins us from capitol hill with more. hi, steve. >> you're right, doreen. thanks, good even. even though the pontiff warned he might abdicate if he thought he couldn't do the job, no modern pope had ever done that. pope benedict's decision to step down came as a surprise, shock in new york. >> wow, that's big form. >> reporter: the first for

abdicate in 600 years. >> for him to retire like that, you know, to me it's like losing a father. >> reporter: the 85-year-old cited fading health, saying in a statement -- i have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of my ministry. vice president biden is a practicing catholic. >> this is a man of great integrity and looking out for what he believes is the best interests of our church. i admire him for it. >> reporter: benedict used twitter, but had visibly slowed down as the papacy became more demanding, thanks in part to energetic predecessor john paul ii. new york's cardinal timothy dolan on benedict's reaction. >> almost, i don't know if i'm up to this, but with god's grace and mercy i'll give it my best shot, and he's done it well for almost eight years.

>> that is a man in the full possession of his physical powers is going to be needed. >> reporter: the college of cardinals will choose, a heavy responsibility says cardinal don dolan. >> i'll await instructions like everyone else. >> reporter: pope benedict says he steps down february 28th. >> reporter: they'll elect a new pope who will face something new, a living former pope looking over his shoulder. i'steve handelsman, news4. >> thanks, steve. the archbishop of washington is one of the ten american cardinals who will vote on benedict's sikzor. even can cardinal wuehrl was surprised. >> reporter: as you mentioned, among those caught off-guard,

the leader of catholic right here in the d.c. area. none more surprised than cardinal donald wurl as he worked on his upcoming ash wednesday homily. >> i think it's a sign of the great humility of this pope, and his love of the church an his courage. >> reporter: at this afternoon's mass, the site of pope ben dib's visit in 2008, parishioners shared their reaction. >> i think the pope has done well and done what he should have done for us as long as he was in in these last eight years. i would hope his successor continues the same. >> i know that he's being led by the holy spirit. i know whatever he's doing, he's doing prayerfully with a lot of guidance from god. >> reporter: so cue the speculation. vatican watchers already have a

list of eight po stench 58 successors being circulated, names that include cardinals from africa to brazil. stay tuned. live in northeast, jim rolenfield, back to you. there's no clear front-runner to replace pope benedict. peter turk sene is from ghana, the top candy from the african continent now the head of the vatican justice and peace bureau. we're told another candidate is matt litt. there are web sites up already placing odds on where people can bet on who the next pope will be. we have continuing coverage as pope benedict pretears to step down. we have reaction in about 15 anyones. hess's just 14 years old, but tonight a month gopry county boy is charged as an adult. police say he killed his 7 moral sister. he was baby sitting her. tonight a warning you may find

the details of this story to be upsetting. news4's pat collins is at the scene in white oak. >> reporter: doreen, it's a case of murder. the victim a 7-month-old baby girl, the suspect her teenage brother. even prosecutor is moved. >> i think any parent who's ever had a child, or in my case grandchildren, knows how they things are tough, but as always, what will govern this case and where we're going to go will be the affects. >> reporter: behind this apartment door, a 7-month-old baby girl killed, charged as an adult in the murder, her 14-year-old brother. according to court documents, the teenager confessed to beating the baby with hands, elbows and a belt. the teenager told police after the beating the baby was crying,

so he placed his hand on the victim's nose and mouth until she stopped. the baby was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. doctors got suspicious and called the police. they say the mother of the baby had her 14-year-old son watch the baby and his 3-year-old sister while she went off to work an overnight shift cleaning an office building. when she got home, they say, she found the baby unconscious and called 911 for help. according to court documents, they found suspicious-looking injuries on the baby's back and chest. they turned out to be bug bites inflicted after the little girl died. >> this particular apartment was infested with bugs. and the bugs attacked this child after she died. >> by law you can baby-sit when you're 12 in maryland, but

people who live in this complex think 14 is too young. >> don't leave your children with teenagers. >> getting somebody responsible. there's enough neighbors around that have kids your age, the baby's age, to baby-sit for you. >> a kid watching a kid is ridiculous. >> this case could end up in juvenile court. there will be a hearing to determine that. live in white oak, pat collins, news4. tonight police closed an entertainment club in prince george's county. the police department shut down the stardust lounge, officers say the club was operating without a proper permit. there was also a shooting at the club last week. the lounges will remain closed until a hearing is held. snowplows and shovels working overtight after that big storm. several feet of snow dumped in some areas. this was the scene in fair

field, connecticut today. some of the residential streets are seeing a plow for the first time since the storm hit. drivers fossed to maneuver through the walls of snow and ice. walking is no picnic, either. some vehicles will likely be buried under all that snow for days to come. we've been spared so far this wind of any significant snow. we might see some later on this week. doug, is that right? >> we might see some. we are talking about that snow. they saw more snow in one hour than most of us have seen all winter long. it's tike we start to see our chances increase, at least a little bit. temperatures at 53 degrees, 61 in winchester, 6 p in nauertens burg. there's a cold front moving through later tonight. tomorrow morning you'll wake up to rather gusty conditions. 50-mile-an-hour wind gusts back toward the west. that's why the area is under a

wind advisories, does not include the d.c. metro area. our windchills tomorrow morning will be in the 20s during the morning hours. let's head down towards alexandria. as we cross the potomac. 42 by 11:00, waking up to a number around 37. once against windchills in the upper 20s. that is one of two that we're going to talk about. i'll have it in a minute. president obama is gearing up for his state of the union address tomorrow night. a white house administration official tells nbc news that the speech will outline a plan to grow sxwrobs and grow the middle class. and continues to push for gun control, clean energy and immigration reform. new benefits for same-sex partners in the hill tear. today defense secretary leone panetta approved commissary -- legal assistance and other benefits to same-sex couples.

those changes should take effect by august. there are still dozens of other benefits. they include on-base housing and burial at arlington national cemetery. for the first time, the pentagon is considering scaling back on the massive buildup of drones. the military uses those unmanned aircraft to go after terror suspects. the controversy erupted last week with where targets could include suspected american terrorists overangels. leaders at the defense department are evaluating whether there's enough drones already patrolling the skies and they'll try to determine whether changing security threats call for different resources. still ahead on "news4 at 6," tornadoes rip through the south. we'll take a tour from the sky to survey the damage. police in delaware revealing a possible motive behind a shootout inside a courthouse

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distill aware's top prosecutor says a longstanding custody dispute led to a deadly shootout. police say a man walked into the

lobby of the courthouse and opened fired. killed in the exchange, two women and the gunman himself. two officers were wounded, but are expected to be okay. at this time state police are not identifying the gunman or the victims. the former los angeles police officers whog still on the run today was officially charged with murdering a police officers. that charge could bring the death penalty. christopher dorner is wanted for three murders. he was also charged today with attempted murder for firing on three other officers last thursday during the manhunt there's not a $1 million reward offered. a 30-minute warning this tornado was coming likely saved lives in southern mississippi. the twister tore through hattiesburg sunday evening. there were injuries, but no deaths. more rain today hampered the cleanup efforts. >> reporter: aerial views

confirmed it stayed on the ground for some 75 miles. which officials say actually gave people in its path plenty of time to seek safety. >> i tell anybody, when you hear them siren warnings, you know it's for real. >> reporter: mississippi's governor said the warning kept serious casualties to a minimum. >> 30 minutes may not seem like a long time, but when a tornado is bearing down, it gives you the opportunity to respond to get to a place of safety within your home. >> reporter: of more than 80 people hurt, only two were critical injured. hattiesburg was especially heart hit by the twister, which was caught on camera tearing through downtown shortly before sunset, where it wasn't very crowded because most businesses were closed. still, dozens of buildings were left mangled, includes offices of the local red cross. >> they're devastated. the people are really devastated. they're not knowing where

they're going. >> reporter: hundreds of homes, some historic, fell victim too, all of which brought out the curious, prompting a warning from the governor. >> do not become a sightseer. this is not an amusement park. this is a scene of a disaster, and we will treat you as such. >> reporter: hampering cleanup here was another line of storms monday that dumped more rain on already saturated ground. 75 miles on the ground, that doesn't happy very often? >> not at all. it actually was two states, it hit mississippi and alabama, ef-4 rated tornado. the top end of the scale is ef-5. so that is a very dangerous tornado. thank goodness nobody was killed. over 100 injuries, but nobody killed from that storm. very good news there. for us we've seen a pretty nice day. we are in the middle of two

storms. this is how our day ended. this a sunset over rockville. talking about this nice sunset. the clouds beginning to clear just in time across the region. that is the first day so far this month that we've seen temperatures above the 50 degree mark. well above average. we're going to be seize mile temperatures, 40s by 9:00, clear and cool, clearing by 11:00 temperatures around 46. then we'll start to see the winds pick up. we're see those winds form right now culpepper at, some areas into the upper 60s where not

only they saw the sunshine, but warmer temperatures from those winds. speaking of the winds, they'll be shifting to the west. a wind advisories is in effect for all of our viewers out to the west of the blue ridge, especially in the higher tops of the mustn't. not in the d.c. metro area, but we could still see 30 to 40-mile-an-hour winds, and then we should calm down tomorrow afternoon. right now on the radar, nothing to talk about. as you widen out, showing the storm system that brought us the rain earlier, and our next storm system is wait hout in colorado. s now just seeing some pretty heavy rain. an area that needs the -- as far as the weather is concerned, they've got the cloud cover that's been across the region. it will be rather breezy tomorrow, winds all day, so

breezy. winds should calm down tomorrow. tomorrow will be a pretty nice day. wednesday morning, we're fine, under partly cloudy skies, but wednesday evening's rush hour, around 5:00, here comes the rain/snow mix. that's what it's going to be. by 10:45 in the evening, just about everybody trying to transfer over to snow. some computer models giving us quite a bit of snow, others not giving us anything at all. still watching the system very, very closely. the best chance of accumulation will be around the i-95 corridor, at least som chance here, best chance to the north and west. you have the best chance of seeing at least an inch out of this storm. we'll talk much more about the accumulation over the next day or so. nod bat, 49 to 55 degrees, wednesday, there's our rain/snow

chance. 48 on thursday, 47 on friday, then it gets just cold this weekend. saturday and sunday, another chance for snow most likely, temperatures in the low to mid 30s. right now it doesn't look like that big of a storm, but for right now, all eyes on the day on d. changing to snow near the p.m. rush, that's where we could see some problems. of course the best chance for accumulation will stay to the north and west. this is one of those that will ride right up the i-95 core do. when you have 48 hours to hone in on the forecast to get this exactly right for you folks at home. >> no other way would do. >> that's right. exactly. an arm sergeant he risked his life to retrieve the bodies of his comrades. it is the nation's highest military award.

president obama placed it on clinton romesha. in october of 2009, 50 soldiers at a remote outpost were ambushed by the taliban, outgunned and outnumbered. the sergeant refused to allow them to fall into the hands of the enemy. >> clint robesha lives the soldier's decree -- i will never leave a comrade. he and his team started charging as enemy fire kem pouring down. they kept charging, ultimately 100-meter run through a hail of bullets. they reached their fallen friends and they brought them home. >> the family of those kid that day attended the ceremony. staff sergeant romesha now works in the oiled fields of north

dakota. a tugboat is on the way to help a stranded cruise ship. named "carnival triumph" was adrift on the southern coast of the yucatan. it left the ship without power and it had to operate using emergency generators. there are 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members on this ship. another cruise ship transferred food and water. back here at home, pope benedict's decision to step down has some catholics unsure about the future of the church, but's david culver found out, there is also some optimism about what's ahead. >> reporter: we call the up with churchgoers here, now some of those we caught up with today had mixed feels about the pope's abdication. while at the same time excited about what could come.

>> he is the father of the church, so he comes out and helps guide us in all the big decisions that we have. >> i love the old pope, pope benedict xiv. he's been wonderful, but i'm curious to see where we're going next. >> reporter: next is on the mind of most practices catholics. many flock to daily mass today to pray for the future of the roman catholic church, the current pope finding a lot of supporters in this northern virginia community. >> i think he's doing what he believes is in the best interests of the church. obviously we support him. >> i think he's just doing what's right, what's in his heart and what the holy spirit is bringing him to. so just pray for the new pope. >> reporter: how much will a new pope affect an average practices catholic. in this social media age there will be greater connection with rome. >> we are able to be informed of his decisions, of his addresses to is, his homilies immediately.

before we could never do that. >> the bishop feels good about what's to come for the church. >> i'm confident this is the next step for god's care of the church. >> in arlington, david culver, news4. moore controversial red light cameras coming up. we'll tell you where they are. officers went door to door today searching for clues in the murder of a 71-year-old woman in her home. i'm julie carey in fairfax county, where governor mcdonald makes another stump, his sits point this time -- how to keep the tolls down here. coming up in sports, georgetown hoping to keep streaking against marquette. the wizards hoping their defense is ready for a road test. plus pitchers and catchers report tomorrow, one national showed up a little early for the party, all that as "news

tickets from red light cameras in rockville are up 100%. that's thanks to new high-tech cameras. they use video to catch drivers and hit them with a $75 fine. transportation reporter adam tuss tells us house the numb cameras work and where you'll find them form.

>> reporter: want to keep $75 in your pocket? you'll definitely want to stay behind the lines. the city has using new red light cameras. they can detect whether or not your car is completely over the white line our if you're making a white on red without coming to a complete stop. >> it's a 12-second video where you can watch the video in progress. >> sensors can also determine how fast a car is approaches an intersection. if a car is making a right turn faster than 13 miles an hour, the camera flashes, but some see the devices as unfair. >> here's the great irony of it. if you go through the light on yellow or the light turns to red while you're going through the intersection, you don't get a ticket, but if you stop s. but stop behind the white line, you get a ticket. >> reporter: some drivers are just learning about the toll.

>> it's a human element taken out of it when you start replacing -- and news4 has learned the city will be expanding the cameras. here in the new locations west jefferson street at west montgomery, the camera continues to flag here at the intersection. again every ticket is reviewed by an officer in the city, and the city says you have to be completely over the white line, not partially, to get a ticket. adam tuss, news4. there is surprise around the world at the unconventional decision from the conservative leader of the world's 1 bill chron catholics. pope benedict xiv announced today he will step down. it's the first time in almost 600 years that a pope has decided on abdicate rather than die in office. >> the pentagon today announced

new benefits are on the way for same-sex couples in the military. by august of this year, gale service members and their families will have access to 22 new benefits, including child care, legal assistance and joint duty assignments. there are still dozens of other benefits same-sex couples will not have under the defensive marriage act. a 14-year-old boy faces murder charges as an adult. police say he killed his 7-month-old baby sister over the weekend. the boy was supposed to be babysitting his sister. there will be a hearing in two weeks. mother and daughter broughtally murdered in prince george's county. today jury selection got under way for their accused killer. chris gordon reports, the suspect is also linked to the deaths of another mother and daughter. >> reporter: dolores dewitt and her 20-year-old daughter eboni

were found in the trunk of a burning cat that had been left in largo, in march of 2009. craig mcdonald came to see jury selection in the trial of jason scott, who is charged in the double murder. i want to put closure to it. >> reporter: what do you think? >> frustrated, angry, sad. a number of feelings run through my mind. >> reporter: 124 potential jurors were brought into court and asked if they could set asigh anything they were heard about the kay. the jurors are not told he's a suspected serial killer, a person of interest in three other murders, including murder of another mother and daughter, they were found shot in their largo home on south hall drive just a mile from the scene of

the dewitt double murder. the jurors also were not told in january of 2012, in a separate case, jason scott was sentenced to 100 years in prison by a federal judge in connection with 50 burglaries, nine home invasions, child pornography, and sexually assaulting a minor using information to track his victims that he got while working at u.p.s. he was caught selling gstolen guns. >> i think of all the criminals we have prosecuted over the years, he certainly seeps to be one of the most dangerous. >> the trial could take a month or more. once the jury is selected, it will be sent home for about a week to get the affairs in order. opening statements are set to begin february 19th. at the prince george's county courthouse, chris gordon, news4. today investigators run to the capitol heights neighborhood

where an elderly woman was murdered. they're hoping somebody will come forward with information about what happened to 71-year-old geraldine mcintyre. on saturday afternoon, police went to her home on chapel observation drive to check on her. inside they found her dead. someone had attacked her and left her there. she died at the hospital. virginia governor bob mcdonald is facing a big vote on transportation funding tomorrow. the governor focused on the dulles toll road and the rising toll rates. julie carey reports now the governor would consider a compromise to reach a deal. >> reporter: the governor had to shout a big to be heard above the drone of traffic, but his message still came through loud and clear. >> the time for politics is over. now is the time for action. >> reporter: for the second time in recent weeks, he took the case for the funding plan to northern virginia, this time

spotlighting what tepid mean president his proposal would raise $3 billion over the next five years. it would scrap the tax on gas, by hike it -- 300 million dlshz raised would go directly to phase 2 of the silver line projects. the tolls here hit 275 at the start of this year, but headed to 675 over the next five years unless new funding can be brought to the toll road. although senate democrats if i recally rejected the governor's transportation plan, they are now open to striking a compromise illustrates i think we can work to get a transportation program to work with the speaker. >> reporter: for the first time, the governor opened the door today to some variation in his plan, which has already won approval in the house. >> if the general assembly wanted to come up with a plan that create sort of a hybrid where we reduce our reliance on

the gas tax, we certainly could talk about that. >> local leaders are left anxiously waiting on the sidelines action and she's encouraged by the change in tone in richmond. >> there are definitely are some behind the scenes and in front of the scenes positive discussions taking place. i think that's a very good sign. >> a senate committee takes up the transportation funding bill tomorrow. the full senate could vote on wednesday. julie carey news4, fairfax county. and education reform bill regarding teachers in virginia will now go to the governor's deck. today the state senate passed the educator fairness act. it extends the probationary period before new teachers can get what's called a continuing contract for three to five years. legislation also makes it easier to fire teachers who underperform. governor mcdonald says he will sign that bill into law. coming up next on news4, the

newest ship takes off on the maiden voyage. and why you may want to double-check your credit report. >> doug? >> we're going to triple check everything as we watch or storm coming in. temperatures falling down into the mid to upper 30s. a little chili to start off. we'll talk much more about that and our wednesday

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one of the newest ships in the navy left from norfolk virginia. the "uss gravely" is a guided missile cruiser. today it begins the first actual deployment. it's name for the first african-american in the navy to command a warship. new research reveals high blood pressure during pregnancy may increase the risk of heart disease. even one high blood pressure reading had a 14 these women were 2 to 5 times more likely to die from a heart attack. it was also linked to a 1 to 2fold increase in diabetes. you could be one of millions of people with mistakes on your credit report. a new federal study shows that

it's a serious problem. those errors can affect your ability to get a mortgage, a car loan, or could even hurt your chances of being hired for a job. nbc's danielle leigh shows us how to make sure it's correct. >> reporter: roughly 20% of americans have an inaccurate credit report. >> quite a few errors. incorrect address, incredible claims against myself. >> reporter: she discovered the errors only after denied for a loan to start a food truck company. four months later she's still fighting to fix her credit. >> sometimes i think they want been to get frustrated. >> reporter: three companies dominate the industry. they determine year credit score based on how you've paid your bills and how much defendant you have. in a statement an expirian

spokesman says the agency takes all the disputes seriously. >> some rate of error is to be expected in an industry like this, and i think it's important to focus on when an error is identified, whether that can get fixed. >> reporter: mattias cramer helps people navigate the process. >> the process is not a one and done. you've got to insist, you've got to commit, maybe you'll have to write the letters again. >> reporter: cramer advises people to take advantage of free yearly credit checks and dispute any errors immediately. >> just keep pursuing it. >> reporter: she's taking that advice and she says she's seen progress, only two out of a handful of reports remain on her report. danielle leigh, nbc news. all kinds of good news. >> the nationals getting ready to start, and you'll want to see

who was one of the early birds. the capitals looking to save their season, speaking of wins, georgetown is riding five straight. what they need to do tonight to -- as "news4 at 6" continues.

hello, everybody. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer right here at nbcwashington.com -- no, that's later. the can go to nbcwashington.com at any time to find your local forecast. you can do it all day long. 53 degrees, winds out of the south at 16. that southerly wind helping to warm us up. a very nice temperature for the evening hours. this is the warmest we have been so far this month. actually the warmest in a couple weeks. 54 in leesburg. calvert county coming in at 5 degrees. 6 leesburg, herndon, reston, all clear, all looking good this evening. you're not going to be seeing any rain or snow tonight, but that's not going to be the case on wednesday. here we are, future weather showing 7:30 on wednesday. the morning rush hour a-okay. we start to see the clouds move in, and it's by around 5:00 for

the evening rush. notice the rain that starts to move in. i think it will be rain for most to start. the snow coming back in by 8:00, this one computer modding, giving us snow, actually a couple inches of snow. a lot of different commuter models going different ways. we're going to continue to hone or forecast. this is what to expect. a nuisance storm, not a big one, will start as rain for most, then transfer to snow, especially east -- west of i-95. you will see some snow accumulation, some of you well to the north and west, could see some significant accumulation. all of this will affect the wednesday evening rush hour, whether it's rain or snow. we'll talk much more about this over the next couple days and of course we'll keep you ahead of the storm. right here at nbc4 and nbcwashington.com. >> at what point does a storm not being a nuisance storm? an inch? two inches?

around here it's a nuisance if he predicts about an eighth of an inch. >> and dan has the shovel. if you have to shovel, dan, it's a nuisance. >> i'm not shoveling. >> at what point is it a run to the grocery store for bread and milk. j.t. has hi boys playing good ball lately. >> i'm really surprised especially since their second-best player has been ineligible. round 2, at verizon center tonight. they're ranked 15th in the nation riding a five-game winning streak. marquette ranked 18th and tied for a top spot. a top 20 showdown. georgetown still without greg wittington. without him, two players have been leading the way. otto porter has done it all.

how about guard martell, went for a team high 20 in the win over rutgers. john thompson hoping his team with keep rolling against marquette. >> we're a different team than we were there. they're a different team than then, so in many ways, you throw that game out the window. both teams have to show up and play well. hopefully we play better than they do today. highlights at 11:00. with the wizards starting to resemble an actual nba team, the next step is winning on the road. two more road games before all-star breaks starting tonight in milwaukee. home cooking has been great. they've won eight of nine. the wizards doing it with defense, holding opponents to under 100 points. you can't see that enough, can you? >> i just love it every time. >> eight straight games, their

points haven't reached the century mark. >> take that back. >> road games have been problematic. they've last four straight away. the road woes just cannot continue. >> we have to figure out a way to play better on the road and do it consistently. it starts again defense i have beenly getting it going. that's our next step to take this -- take it on the road. i feel good about going the next two game because of what we've done here. we went through a tough stretch here of games, a lot of good teams, you know, and what we got -- we took some punches, got knocked down, but we got back up, and we knocked some people down. so i feel good. >> there are times that young man still can't hit the broad side of a barn, but i will stay this. i stand corrected. he might just be an all-star. i'm talking about john wall. it's amazing how he makes

everyone else better. >> he has grown considerably. you can see the growth. he is just so fast, though. it's incredible to watch. >> he's had a lot of time to think about hess strategy while he was recovering? >> you know, maybe bug hurt helped him. or maybe just go ahead and play. >> do your thing. he's playing better than in the last couple years. >> no question. it only took 12 games. we finally saw the capitals dominate one. saturday's 5-0 win is only the caps' third win of the season. but at least there's a morsel of something positive for caps' fans to chew on for a day or two much the players back on the ice today. he was practicing with the team. still no word on when he will return to action. for the second straight game tomorrow night. adam oates, happy with the team's performance, but knows one win does not a season make, especially when your record is 3-8-1.

>> i'm obviously glad we won, and it's nice to see some guys get goals that needed a little bonus. we did a lot of good things, but i -- the last couple weeks, all i've been stressing is playing correctly. you know, we did that, and i think if we play that way, we'll win our share of games. that's the correct way to play. you know, we can't obviously let one game get to our heads, yeah, these guys are pros. you bounce back and enjoy it. >> caps back in action tomorrow night. nationals spring training has arrived. pitchers and catchers report on thursday. full squared reports on sunday. we report to vieira on wednesday. they have new batting practice hat, i'll bring one unone up for each of you. >> your flight's already delayed, just letting you know. >> that is cold. >> there are realistic expectations of a world series

this years for the nationals. this guy is one of the reasons why. stephen strasburg, the 24-year-old missed the 2012 postseason because of, of course, hess was shut down early. the team's sacrificed last year's postseason for strasburg's long-term health. the future has arrived. no innings limit for strasburg this year. he's already said he wants toss the nationals' workhorse. music for everyone's ears. finally one nfl note. michael vick could end up be the starting quarterback after all. the eagles have re-signed him with a one-year contract. not quite as good as the six-year contract he signed in 2011, but he wanted to say in philly. last year hess was injured and inconsistent, but it's vick who fits chip kelly's wide open offense much better, so don't be

surprised if kell counter's offense makes vick a threat once again in the nfl. let's not forget about this. i did forget about this. i just thought you might enjoy this. he loses his shirt. this is a big man here, you know. look at howagele he is. >> incredible. >> as soon as that crazy? look at that. >> how can he keep hi balance. good for him. >> pretty athletic. >> you don't have to be thin to be fit. >> true. true. up next, a tradition like no ot

one more check on doug's forecast. >> let's check that forecast. 54 degrees for the day tomorrow. i think tomorrow will be a really nice day. on wednesday, that's where the questions lie. where is the rain/snow line going to set up? how much will we soo in 42 the temperature on wednesday. at the snow falls, temperatures will fall, too. 47 on friday, and then some really cold air moves in for saturday, sunday and monday.

highs on saturday and sunday only in the 30s. monl could only be in the 20s. some of the coldest air of the season. we'll continue to watch that storm system on wednesday. >> thanks, doug. tomorrow mardi gras and carnivale celebrations will be taken place all over the world. one takes place every year in a village in italy. hundreds of people arm themselves with oranges and throw them at anybody within sight. the town imports 500 to thises of oranges from sicily every year for uses as ammunition. the orange fight celebrates a legend that dates back for the 12th century. the town's evil lord then was making unwanted advances to a young woman on the eve of her wedding. well, he picked the wrong woman, because she didn't want nothing to do with the dude. she cut off his head to save herself and free the town from his tyranny. that's the way the legend goes.

what we have now is our crack investigative unit figuring out what the heck that has to do with oranges. >> inquiring minds want to know. >> why --